Columbus Christopher Columbus is the most well known explorer by most school age children. When children are young, teachers tell them that Columbus was a very good person, a hero even. To be politically correct though, Christopher Columbus brought death and destruction with him to the Americas. He stole , killed, and tortured the natives. Christopher Columbus was not a true explorer, bu

Gandhi Gandhi Gandhi was born in 1869 in the state of Gujarat in Western India. He was born a Hindu, he was also born in the Merchant caste. At age 13 he entered an arranged marriage with Kasturbai Makanji, she was also 13. He was sent to London to study law by his family. In 1891 he was called to the bar. He then moved to Southern Africa to practice law. Gandhi worked towards

Gandhi "Nonviolence in its dynamic condition means conscious suffering. It does not mean a meek submission to the will of the evil-doer, but it means pitting one’s whole soul against the will of the tyrant" Mohatma Gandhi "An eye for an eye makes everybody blind" summarizes Gandhi’s view of violence. That statement is one of the greatest things ever said, and was borrowed by ot

Cuban Missile Crisis Cuban missile crisis The world was at the edge of a third world war. This was the result of a variety of things: the Cuban Revolution, the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion, US anti-communism, insecurity of the Soviet Union, and Cuba's fear of invasion all made causes for war. However, war was not the result due to great cooperation from both President Kenned

Gates Of Fire #1. Briefly summarize the plot of Gates of Fire. In 480 B.C., the Persian army under the command of King Xerxes went into Greece planning to make Europe part of the Persian Empire. The King’s two million troops ran into three hundred men of the Spartan army, squires and helots along with a few thousand allies at the Thermopylae, a narrow mountain pass in northern Greece n

Abigail Adams Long characterized as the wife of the second president and the mother of the sixth, Natalie Bober, in Abigail Adams witness to a Revolution, describes Abigail Adams as an accomplished woman in her own right. In this well researched biography she presents an intimate portrait of a unique individual while also reflecting the course and times of the 18th century. Bober uses in

Gender Roles After The Potato Famine Gender Roles After the Potato Famine Literature often distinguishes the roles of men and women, defining appropriate behavior within the context of the culture in which it is written. Throughout the changes of society these roles continually transform in accordance with the modernization of traditions. The devastation of the Potato Famine of 184

Biological Warfare Chemical and biological weapons are the most dangerous threats that our soldiers face today. But just how much do most of us know about them' The American public had been bombarded by stories of how our government keeps secret weapons, does secret experiments, and the everlasting conspiracies. And many accept it all. Rather than simply trusting our government, (whi

Biological Weapons In History If used in numbers, atomic bombs not only can nullify any nation's military effort, but can demolish its social and economic structure and prevent their re-establishment for long periods of time. With such weapons, especially if employed in conjunction with other weapons of mass destruction such as pathogenic bacteria, it is quite possible to depopulate vast

Genocide Genocide In this paper I will write about the extermination of the Jews and other people whom Hitler considered inferior in following from the year 1933 to 1945. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany led this destruction. As a result, about 12 million people were murdered, half of them were Jews. When Hitler took over the Germany and everything changed, he had a strong p

Genocide In Rwanda Genocide in Rwanda The definition of genocide as given in the Webster’s Dictionary is “The deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.” This definition portrays the situation in 1994 of Rwanda, a small, poor, central African country. The Rwandan genocide was the systematic extermination of over 800,000 Tutsi people

George Washington Washington, George (1732-99), commander in chief of the Continental army during the American Revolution, and later the first president of the United States. He symbolized qualities of discipline, aristocratic duty, military orthodoxy, and persistence in adversity that his contemporaries particularly valued as marks of mature political leadership. Washington was born

German Unifacation Who was the most important and influential person in the unification of Germany in the 19th century' Just about anyone who has studied this period of history would right off tell you that Otto von Bismarck was that person. There is no doubt that Bismarck is the man who not only united Germany, but built one of th

Gettysburg This most famous and most important Civil War Battle occurred over three hot summer days, July 1 to July 3, 1863, around the small market town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It began as a skirmish but by the time it ended, it involved 160,00 Americans. Before the battle, major cities in the North such as Philadelphia, Baltimore and even Washington itself, were under threa

Gandhi In the first chapter of the Gandhi Reader, entitled Critique of Modern Civilization, the views of Gandhi are portrayed in an interview style between a reader and an editor. I feel that this style of writing is effective but confusing. I was pretty much reading an entire conversation between two people, and because of the style, I became very confused and disoriented about the te

Gandhi Every country in the developed world has laws. These laws are created and enforced by varying types of governments. Some laws are stricter than others but all are meant to be followed. Children are taught from the day they are born that laws exist to protect them and that they generally are in the interest of their well-being. But what happens when a government’s law does the o

Gladiators Survivor So you think you have what it takes to win in the ultimate game of Survivor' Can you outlast all of your opponents' Can you learn real survivor skills that are needed to remain alive' There will be a handsome reward if you are able to even live. If you think you have what it takes read on. But beware, this season we’ve changed the rules to gladiatorial combat styl

Gladitorial Combat Evaluate the importance of Gladiatorial combat to public entertainment to Roman culture: Kathleen M. Coleman, a professor of Latin at Harvard University, has written extensively on the Roman arena and teaches a course called Roman Games. Gladiatorial combat at Rome first appeared in the third century B.C. as part of funerary celebrations. Slaves, or sometimes prison

Greek The culture of ancient Greece reflects the importance of the individual in society in many different ways. The Greeks used art, philosophy, and even their system of government to convey their beliefs in the importance of one single man in a society. Greek artists showed value for the individual. All people were portrayed in Greek art, from the sagging old woman to the ideal athle

Grimsley Hard Hand Of War Paper 17243 Hard Hand of War book report, 4 pages Like most wars, historians generally agree that the American Civil war grew in brutality as it lasted longer in duration. Soldier-mounted attacks against Southern civilians had been unthinkable in 1861. By 1864, however, attacks against Southern civilians’ property, as chronicled in movies like Gone with the W

Great Depression 1. The Great Depression The Great Depression was all the more shocking because it came after a decade of unprecedented prosperity. It affected all areas of American life, especially American confidence. When the stock market crashed in the fall of 1929 the nation began to sink deeper and deeper into depression as business increased profits while holding down wages an

Great Depression The Great Depression The economic depression that plagued the United States in the 1930s was unique in its importance and its consequences. At the worst of the depression, in 1933, one American worker in every four was out of a job. The great industrial slump continued throughout the 1930s, shaking the foundations of Western industries and the society based upon it. D

Greek Art & Arcitecture WRITE A SHORT CRITIQUE ON CLASSICAL GREEK ART WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO EITHER GREEK POTTERY OR GREEK SCULPTURE. Behind the art of the golden age, lay a long period of experimentation. Art historians trace Greek art far back from the 7th to the 1st century, noting that an early date foreign models, especially Cretan, Asian & Egyptian, exercised a strong influe

Black The American Civil War was a conflict between the Union and the Confederacy. It was a war between the states. The North was fighting to abolish slavery and the South was fighting for their independence. During the war, roughly three million people fought for their cause. The majority of these three million soldiers are sung heroes. However, there are still those heros who peo

Hasidic Judaism The Jewish communities of Eastern Europe in the late 17th and early 18th Centuries were devastated. From 1648 – 1654, “the greatest Jewish suffering since the Crusades [Porath, 33]” occurred which have been misleadingly coined the Ukrainian uprisings. This period, in Hebrew, is known as the Tach v’Tacht (the phrase represents all eight of the years, but is actually an acr

Angel Island Angel Island Angel Island is little far from San Francisco¡¦s Fisherman¡¦s Wharf. It is a pretty small island in comparison with the mainland, but the history corresponds to this small place is not less then that corresponds to the large mainland in any sense. The view of San Francisco bay from Angel Island is so pleasing and so beautiful. Everyone could see San Francisco

Ambush In Mogadishu The Ambush in Mogadishu The Ambush in Mogadishu is the account of the most violent U.S. combat firefight since Vietnam. The United States had been supplying food to starving people preceding this conflict. Warlord Mohamed Farah Aidid and his clansmen had been stealing the food. The United States then stepped in to stop this from happening (Whelan). The United Sta

America What is American' What defines out American culture' Fads reveal many things about the culture they arise in. The American culture is the product of many cultures forced to mix and coincide. Each race must adopt new behaviors in order to fit in with society, yet traces of their ancestry can still be found. Fads can show up in many different places including major aspects like lan

The Bible and the Gun In reviewing Basil Davidson’s documentary “The Bible and the Gun,” many different thoughts as well as emotions become more than present along with a greater understanding of the history of the lives of many Africans. The African people were well aware of the beauty, resourcefulness, and sanctity of their land, yet in the eyes of the British, the land was equivalent

Blood, Toil, And Sweat I. Introduction A. Attention-grabber: 1. Everyone knows who Winston Churchill is, and most of you have probably heard of some of his speeches. Can I get a show of hands of who has heard of either one of these speeches; “Iron Curtain” and “Finest Hour”' Ok, now can I get a show of hands of who has heard of his, “Blood, Toil, Tears, and Sweat” speech' Thank yo